Payroll Employment Rises 200,000 in December; Jobless Rate (8.5%) Continues to Trend Down

by Gary Kopycinski on January 6, 2012

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Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 6, 2012. Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 200,000 in December, and the unemployment rate, at 8.5 percent, continued to trend down, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in transportation and warehousing, retail trade, manufacturing, health care, and mining.